Catholic sacramentals are sacred signs that resemble the sacraments. Sacramentals include actions such as the Sign of the Cross, fasting, genuflections and novenas and objects such as medals, rosaries, statues and holy water.

This Catholic Update explains how Catholics view and honor the saints and Jesus through images, statues, crucifixes and other objects,
taking care to distinguish worship from symbols of veneration or respect.

More on Sacramentals

Listed below are articles on holy water, candles, ashes, fasting, Stations of the Cross, May Crowning, novenas, shrines, pilgrimages, benediction, scapulars, rosaries, statues, saint devotion and genuflection. Learn how these gestures and items remind us of God and connect us with the sacraments.